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Sir Philip Game 1935

Sir Philip Game 1935

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Hood, Sam

State Library of New South Wales

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Sydney has been seen as an 'English' town since first European settlement, with visitors describing its English character well into the nineteenth century. Successive waves of English-born convicts, settlers, and assisted immigrants helped shape the city, and the English remain the largest overseas-born group.

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Game, Philip

British soldier and air force officer who was Governor of New South Wales during the turbulent Depression years, and took action to dismiss Premier Jack Lang in 1932.

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